The rehabilitation involves the following interventions:

• Generalized cleaning of the entire currently waterproofed area, removing weeds and part of the existing vegetation, which has become dominant, in order to allow the introduction of more species, ensuring greater balance between them and increasing biodiversity.
• Removal of the garbage and part of the sediments accumulated at the bottom, allowing a greater concentration of free water and maintaining the soil necessary for the development of vegetation.
• Partial elimination of the canvas, especially in marginal areas, promoting the establishment of vegetation of interest to biodiversity and a balanced ecosystem.
• Maintain a small impermeable area in order to guarantee water accumulation in the transition periods to the warm season, to ensure a resource for biodiversity.

The results of this intervention will be monitored for one year.

Belavista South Park Retention Basin

The retention basin was designed to receive rainwater that did not infiltrate into the soil and ended up flowing superficially, causing gullies and erosion on the slopes of the park. A wetland - a temporary pond - was also installed to encourage the increase of biodiversity during the dry season, and it was sealed with canvas for this purpose.

Its creation allowed the installation and shelter of different species of plants and amphibians since, at the time of the park's creation, a large part of the area was devoid of vegetation and quality soil, resulting from successive landfills and rubble.

The retention function of rainwater was guaranteed, having been observed in several winters the maximum level of the lake, and the spillway working, with the controlled release of water.

However, the water received during the rainy season is not at all sufficient to ensure a permanent lake (even with sealing), which requires a replacement with drinking water in hot periods.

Currently, 16 years after the beginning of the project, we are facing a much more interesting area from the point of view of biodiversity, whose balance is becoming difficult to maintain, having become unsustainable, especially from the point of view of water management, due to the necessary supply of drinking water.